So then, is there any gain by placing a 1 gig along side one of the 512mb sticks? Yes, cookie now.

I want my cookie back. I got into the bios and it says I have pc2700 yet my sticks have the stickers that say pc3200. What the heck is up with that????????:doh:

Oh so now the picuture comes out: you have PC3200 RAM stickers

Cookie?

I pray to God that you're not pulling things off/inserting onto mobo while the PSU is plugged into mains.

I pray to God that is not true.

Tell us what mobo you have? Then cookie?

Why yes! I'm doing it all while smoking a cigarette next to a can of gas:roll: My mobo is some nvida board. I do not know what it is.

Download CPU-Z (link on previous post) that will tell you what your mobo is (plus lots more info)

:D Chock

Dude, do NOT freak out. Leave that for the time when you go: "Oh. Well maybe I shouldn't have messed with that."

I'm just saying: don't be pulling stuff off of a powered mobo. NEVER do that.

NEVER plug anything into a powered mobo either.

NEVER touch anything on the mobo unless you've grounded yourself by touching the PC chassis (while the PSU is plugged in) first.

Once you unplug the mobo from mains by disconnecting the PSU from mains, and you've yanked items off of said mobo, well, then, plugging PSU into mains will not be just a bad idea, it'll probably blow everything you know.

Once you pull mains from PSU plugged into mobo, you're obligated to not come into contact with anything else, or hope that by touching your finger to running water and then walking back to the mobo test area is good enough.

Listen, ESD is pretty remote of a possibility and all those ESD wrist-straps that you see that you can buy are a scam.

Listen: do not unplug anything from a plugged-in mobo. Do not un-plug anything from a plug-in mobo.

Always touch the chassis of a plugged-in PC prior to touching anything inside the PC. If you can't figure out if you're neutral: just touch the plate on the back of the box (near to where the PC is plugged in to from the wall).

That is one of the biggest things you could ever know.

I was actually just going to suggest that...CPU-Z will tell you everything you need to know regarding dual channel and what speed your RAM is running at...just be aware that if you have mixed populations (i.e. 1 512MB stick of PC2700 (aka DDR333) and 1 512MB of PC3200 (aka DDR400)), the two sticks will show as 1GB of RAM, but will run at the slower RAM's speed (PC2700).

I know those moments...I hate those moments...I just had a bunch building my new rig...

My Mom asked me:

Suppose you were going to build another machine. NOTHING's connected to the PSU, how do you ground yourself.

I answered:

You touch the chassis of some other machine that is plugged into mains.

Mom's response:

You can do that?

I loaded this program. It shows PC3200(200 mhz) for each slot that has the memory stick. Mobo is a AU31 made by First International Computer. Nvidia chipset nforce2. Clueless to what this all means. Bus speed is 200 mhz rated FSB 400 mhz.

It means that you're already running at full speed with 400 MHz RAM...on the first page, there sould be something that reads HT Link. That is the FSB it should be something like 1000MHz.

I do not see a HT link on the first page.

Also..

If you have a 1GB stick and a 512MB stick in a dual system.. I'm pretty sure you'll still be using virtual memory (ugh) when the weakest link in the chain has hit it's limits (512) on it's part of the workload.

I added a 1 gig and left in the 512 stick as well. I show 1.5 RAM. The game is much improved with speed! I also downloaded a program that show how much memory is available and it is around 1000+ MB free to use. Definite marked improvement over just 1 gig.

Which means I'm keeping my cookie! :p

-S

Darn....chocolate chip or oatmeal?:roll: